Wheelbarrow-wheel



(No Model.)

L. WILLIAMS.

WHEELBARROW WHEEL. No. 265,477. Patented 0015.3, 1882.

UNITED STAT-ns PATENT OFFICE.

LLEWELYN WILLIAMS, OF IRONTON, OHIO.

WHEELBARROW-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,477, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed August 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLEWELYN VILLIAMS,

a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ironton, in thecounty ot' Lawrence and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wheelbarrow- \Vheels; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures of ret'- erence marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

rllhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwheelbarrow-wheels; and it consists more especially in the arrangementand construction of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

Of the annexed drawings, Figure l is a side view ot' my improved wheel.Fig. 2 is a vertical section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a modification ofthe hub, and Fig. 4 a detailed end View ot' the spoke and felly socket.

On annexed drawings, A represents the hub l of a wheel, which isspecially adapted .for use for wheelbarrows, harvesters, trucks, orother carrying devices in which it is desirable to provide a wheelorjournal on each side of the spoke. .The hub A consists of two castingsor shells, A and A', which are adapted to be clampedtogether by means ofthe nut a and bolt I), which bolt may form side journals, as shown inFig. 2, or be formed on the shells, which are provided with journals, asshown in Fig. 3. In either case the spokes are clamped tirmly togetherin a vertical line.

The fellies B of my improved Wheel are made in four or more sections,and are provided between each section with felly and spoke sockets D.The spokes of this wheel are out away at their ends, so as to lit withinthe socket formed on the lower end of the casting D, which socketsextend across the fellies B. Adjoining the spoke-socket c, and extendingoutwardly from the same, is formed a curved folly-rest, d, which litsover the under part of the end of the fellies and covers the joint. Onthis curved portion d, extending upwardly, is a flange orpartition-wall, e, for separating the forming end bearings for thefellies. A portion ofthis socket D, which extends over the sides of thefellics, is provided with side ianges,f, which extend up,

.wardly from the flange d to the rim of the wheel. These angesfpreventthe f'ellies from being displaced sidewise, and the flanges e and d formbearing-walls for the same.

By means of the hub hereinbefore described and improved spoke-socket Iam able to produce a wheel which is cheap and sim ple in construction,and which may be readily put together, and I am enabled to nse thewooden i'ellies just as they come from the manut'actory, without furtherchange.

The spoke may-be of ordinary hat material, wood boards which are sawedsubstantially in the shape shown in Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wheelbarrow-wheel provided with a casting, A, having journals oneach side, and adapted to retain the spokes of the wheel at right angleswith the journal, in combination with a spoke and felly socket made inone piece, and provided with rectangular sockets c of the same width asthe felly, and bearingwall d and c and side Walhf, extending over thejoint in the telly, substantially as shown.

2. A wheelharrow-wheel consisting of themetallic shells A A', withjournals, flat spokes beveled equally at the portion near the huh andtapered to a point near the fellies, the ends 'being rectangular inshape and fitted within a similar-shaped socket, having central and sidewalls and sectional fellies-with tire, the parts being constructed andorganized substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LLEWELYN WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. CoRNs, N. MUNsHowEn.

